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In the past, the sole means of ensuring road transport operators complied with road transport law was for governments to use enforcement officers to stop and check vehicles at the roadside. Although most operators do comply with the law by ensuring their vehicles are roadworthy and loaded within the relevant limits and the alternative compliance schemes, such as the NHVAS, have been introduced to take advantage of this.

In Western Australia operators of certain types of heavy commercial vehicles are required to become accredited under the Western Australian Accreditation Process in order to gain a permit from Main Roads.

From 1st July 2002 these operators had to become accredited under the Western Australian Process if they were an individual or an organisation which:

• Operated a B Doubles or road train; or
• Operated a vehicle combination over 42.5 tonnes gross mass; or
• Operated under a concessional loading scheme; or
• Required an annual oversize vehicle permit or notice; or
• Applied for more than four single trip permits per 12 month period

To gain Accreditation Roadworthy operators must have introduced a Fatigue Management and vehicle Maintenance Management module within their organisation. External auditors then audit the modules to ensure that they meet the required standard and provide a certificate of authentication which is then sent to the operator and Main Roads.

The Western Australian Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme requires accredited operators to have a Maintenance Management and Fatigue Management System established and working in their company. The requirements of the scheme have been based on the National Heavy Vehicle Accreditation Scheme for Maintenance and the WA Fatigue Management for Commercial Vehicle Drivers Code of Practice and are presented as a number of standards that the accredited operator must meet.

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